MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Mlts22,
Did you wear safety glasses and gloves when you filled the battery? Honest response encouraged...
Or did you make every Injury Lawyer's knees knock in a 50-mile radius?
Because it is battery acid:
Gloves? Check.
Water nearby in case of spill? Check. Water spigot nearby actually, which isn't as good as a dedicated eyewash stand, but can be used as one.
Glasses? Check.
I may have some brain-dead posts sometimes, but I do error on the safe side when it comes to stuff like that. However, I would say the process of filling the six cells from the connected bottles is quite idiot-resistant. The most annoying part was having to keep squeezing some of the bottles to get the acid inside the battery. once all the acid was inside, pulling the bottles off and sticking the rubber plugs on was not too difficult, even for me.
This is a good thread. I can understand why batteries are stored dry because lead plates just sit there and do nothing for long periods of time, then when one wants to start the clock, just add the acid. I also didn't realize this was done with AGMs as well. Learn something new every day.
